Peter H NDE

Experience Description

I had bronchial asthma and was having so much difficulty breathing that I was rushed to hospital with my mother. Once there, they injected me with the penicillin.

At that moment, I was up in a corner of the ceiling in the treatment room. I was watching my mum, the nurse, and a doctor urgently moving around my body that was slumped in a chair. I could see everything from different viewpoints within the room, but mostly from above. I watched and felt the urgency within the medical staff and the loving compassion and concern of my mother. I am not sure how long it lasted but it seemed like time ceased or paused while this was happening. I watched as a doctor came rushing in and injected me with a needle. Later, I found out it was adrenaline or something like that. As soon as I saw the doctor inject me in my thigh, I was back in my body but no longer had difficulty breathing.

My mum was crying and relieved, as were the medical staff.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date NDE Occurred: 1967

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes. Allergic Reaction Life threatening event, but not clinical death. I had an allergic reaction to a penicillin.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I could see myself and everybody else in the room. I could also see anyone entering or leaving the room during that time. My mother later verified everything that I felt and saw. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Normal consciousness and alertness. It felt the same but different in some way I can't explain.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I never really felt any higher levels of consciousness or alertness.

Were your thoughts speeded up? No

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. It felt like time stopped or paused while all this happened.

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. The same except the lighting seem to glow brighter than normal.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. No difference that I can remember

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? A peaceful loving warmth.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? I felt united or one with the world

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Do not know

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I had no beliefs before but sorted out meanings of life after as I grew up more.

What is your religion now? Other or several faiths. A collective spirituality with no direct affiliations with any one religion.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience. I was nine years old and don't remember having any beliefs at that time.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Yes I became more loving, more aware and more spiritual.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Unknown No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? Yes I felt a strong compassion for everybody in the room at the time.

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Large changes in my life. I became more compassionate and loving, especially towards my mother. As time passed, I became more spiritual than my brother's brothers and more open to beliefs.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes More loving in every way.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. It was an amazing experience to be out of my body and observing myself from a distance.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The out of body experience.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real. I felt different and couldn't understand what had happened.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real. The memory of it is the clearest memory I have.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? I believe that love is everything.

Are there any other questions that we could ask to help you communicate your experience? For me at the time as a nine year old I related the experience to being like a ninja out of the samarui tv show. But as I grew older and discussed the experience with my mother, I only then started to realise what actually happened.